Today, I want to talk to you about body types. You’ve got the ectomorph (thin and tall), the mesomorph (athletic and muscular), and the endomorph (usually characterized as short and fat). There are plenty of training programs out there to hang their hat on the idea that somatotyping can help you “train smarter to maximize […]

Keto diets are all the rage right now. There are even supplements out there that contain ketones, to help you get into ketosis faster. Developed by renegade chemist Patrick Arnold – known for introducing various prohormones and stimulants to the supplement market, as well as creating the designer steroids at the heart of the BALCO […]

I was chatting to a guy in the gym the other day. He showed me a few pages that he’d torn out of a fitness magazine. “I want to look like that guy,” he told me, pointing to a picture of a fitness model. “So I’m following his routine.” Which, of course, makes perfect sense. […]

For reasons that remain shrouded in mystery, the TV in my “man cave” recently decided to stop working. So, I decided to go online and buy a new one. It wasn’t long before I found the “perfect” TV. One review said it had the most amazing picture that any human being had ever laid eyes […]

Every time a celebrity puts on a bit of muscle or loses some fat, there’s always a lot of buzz about how they did it, as if it’s the first and only time in the history of the universe that it’s ever happened. It happened with Chris Evans and Captain America. Ryan Reynolds and Blade […]

Some say that you need fast-digesting carbs after a workout to replenish glycogen, spike insulin and gain muscle. But, you may also come across claims that taking in carbohydrate after exercise will stop you burning fat. Who’s right? If I wanted to make a case for the importance of taking in carbs after a workout, […]

As I sit here writing to you, it’s 2.43am. I’ve been awake for the last 45 minutes. All the “sleep hygiene” boxes have been ticked. The room is dark and quiet. There are no electronic gadgets in there. I have nothing on my mind that I’m trying to remember to remember. But, for reasons that […]

At first, most people think that having access to lots of information about getting in shape is a good thing. It’s usually not too long before they realize that it isn’t. One day saturated fat is bad for you… then it’s good for you… then it’s bad for you again. A guy with a physique […]

“I use body fat scales to get some sort of objective measure of my body composition,” wrote one Muscle Evo reader. “It’s been measured at 10%.” “I’m stuck on where my focus should be. I’m sort of anticipating you would advise me to focus on muscle gain given that my body fat is below 10%. […]

A few months back, one of my friends – a self-professed skinny fat guy – came to me for advice. He had a big pot belly that made him really self-conscious (said it made him look like he was pregnant). But he was skinny everywhere else. Every time he gained a bit of weight, it […]